SICP - Foreword - Alan J. Perlis
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> The programmer must seek both perfection of part and
> adequacy of colection.

> Invent and fit; have fits and reinvent! We toast the Lisp programmer who pens
> his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

Meditations on Violence
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> You do what needs to be done without regard for whether it is possible,
> because nine-tenths of your “impossibilities” are imaginary.

> Can this be taught and transmitted? I can give you permission to act and show
> you how a lock or a pin is an agreement and that works pretty well, but how
> well does it work when I tell you that you don’t need to be a victim? That you
> can change your world? That you can do the impossible every day?
